Chapter 658: Meeting

The soldiers cheered, jumped off the car and ran to the vegetable field, grabbing a handful here and there, and soon picked a lot.

The only thing that is certain is that the diet of foreigners is relatively monotonous, either mashed potatoes, baked potatoes or ketchup, so most of the German soldiers chose cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots and other things.

Qin Chuan walked into the vegetable field and chose a few cabbages, radishes, lentils, garlic, peppers and the like.

"Major!" The baker held a few cucumbers and chewed half of them in his mouth, looking at the things in Qin Chuan's hand curiously, and asked: "Why did you choose these?"

"Of course I eat them!" Qin Chuan replied.

The baker shrugged, as if he didn't understand Qin Chuan's approach. Others, including Eberhard, had the same idea, but because Qin Chuan was a major, they said nothing.

Qin Chuan certainly understood that peppers were especially rare, not to mention Europeans, even in the Soviet Union, few people ate them.

But they soon found out that they were wrong.

Because not long after, a plate of fried lentils, or more precisely, a cup... Since there were no suitable tableware, it could only be served in cups and helmets. Then there were fragrant fried vegetables and spicy and crispy cold radish.

Then two branches were cut into chopsticks, and Qin Chuan ate them with relish with bread... It was indeed a bit inappropriate to go with bread, but he had to make do with it, after all, vegetables could not fill his stomach.

"Major!" The soldiers came up one by one after smelling the fragrance, with a lustful look on their faces.

Qin Chuan nodded at them, and then several people immediately started... You wolfed down one by one, and I ate a little bit, and made some exclamations while eating.

"Great!" Alfredo said, "I didn't know these vegetables could be so delicious!"

"Have we not eaten vegetables for too long?" Werner said, "Why do I think this is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten?!"

"God!" The baker said, "I can't believe I am eating peppers. I always thought I didn't want to touch it in my life, but now... I find that I was so stupid before!"

...

Chinese food has such a skill. Individual things such as peppers, garlic or radishes are not delicious, but if they are mixed together, it will bring an extraordinary impact to the taste buds.

As a result, that night, radishes, peppers and the like that were originally ignored suddenly became popular, and everyone had a feast of vegetables...Fresh vegetables may not be a big deal for ordinary people, but for people like Qin Chuan who have not been able to eat them for months or even years on the battlefield, they are tempting enough.

Even when the troops took to the march again the next day, there were piles of radishes and round-headed cabbages on the tanks and in the cars.

In fact, the second day's march did not involve much walking. It only took three hours and more than ten kilometers to meet the armored forces of the 6th Army marching from the other side.

At first, both sides were startled. They saw a team of tanks coming from the opposite side from a distance and thought they were enemy tanks. Without saying a word, they quickly deployed their battle formations and prepared for battle. The opposite side even fired several mortar shells... The battle was intense, and there were many newly recruited soldiers in the 6th Army.

When Colonel Slaine saw the model of the opposite tank in the telescope and then the cross mark, he hurriedly ordered: "Don't fire, it's our own people!"

A German soldier was still standing on the tank waving a military flag, so the opposite side also realized that it was a friendly force.

That was the 16th Armored Division of the 14th Armored Corps of the 6th Army, and the division commander was Major General Hans Hube.

The two teams were very happy when they met, because it meant that they had completed the semi-encirclement of Stalingrad.

However, the two sides were not very friendly when they met, because Werner was very unhappy with the mortar shells at the beginning.

"Hey!" Werner walked towards the opposite side and shouted at the soldiers on the opposite side from a distance of more than ten meters: "Who fired the mortar? You should find him and kick him out of the team, otherwise you will be killed by him sooner or later!"

Although Werner's words were angry and joking, they were not completely unreasonable, because soldiers should be able to control themselves and wait for orders from their superiors before taking action.

Seeing that Werner's tone was a bit arrogant and explosive, the other side replied unyieldingly: "You should thank them for stopping in time, otherwise you would have been annihilated by now!"

The officers and soldiers on Qinchuan's side looked at each other when they heard this, and then suddenly burst into laughter, making the officers and soldiers on the opposite side laugh inexplicably.

Soon, they knew where the problem was.

"Nice to meet you!" Colonel Slain walked up to shake hands with a major and said, "We are from the 21st Armored Division, and I am the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment!"

"God!" The major looked at Colonel Slain in surprise, then looked at the officers and soldiers around him, and said, "You are the 1st Infantry Regiment? The 1st Infantry Regiment that won the Battle of Holm and reached Baku?"

"Yes!" Colonel Slain proudly puffed up his chest, and then jokingly replied, "I just seemed to hear... you said you wanted to annihilate us..."

The officers and soldiers laughed again.

The major looked at the soldiers behind him who were also stunned awkwardly, and replied, "Sorry, Colonel, we didn't know it was you. I thought..."

The major glanced at the tanks of the 21st Armored Division not far away, and then said: "They may have made such a judgment because of your tanks!"

Slaine answered and realized the problem... The tanks of the 21st Armored Division were carrying cabbages and radishes. Because they were worried that they would fall off the car on the road, the soldiers also tied them up in bags or even one by one with ropes. This does not look like a well-trained unit.

Qin Chuan explained: "Major, don't you realize that it is camouflage?"

"Oh, yes!" Colonel Slaine nodded heavily: "That is the camouflage we made!"

"Yes, Colonel!" The major answered seriously: "They must be!"

Then everyone laughed.

Colonel Slaine reported the meeting to his superiors. It was obviously inappropriate to arrange the two armored divisions in the same place, so the 21st Armored Division was transferred back to the state-owned farm again, that is, back to the place where they camped last night... The German soldiers were of course very happy about this, because it was a treasure mountain for them.

Rommel's order to Major General Strike was: "Conduct reconnaissance of Stalingrad and pay attention to the enemy's movements. We need a few days of preparation, and then it's time to make Stalingrad groan under our tank tracks!"